What is the real State of the Union? Here are 7 key measures

When President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address Tuesday, he’ll probably give some variation of the cliché that “the state of our union is strong.”But that’s a bit vague. What if we asked the president to provide us with some specific measures? Here are seven metrics he could cite.Dow Jones Industrial AverageDow Jones Industrial Average since 2008The Dow Jones Industrial Average, an index of how 30 large publicly owned companies have traded on the stock market each …